2014 A tripod field is used as model for a general anisotropic fluid. The elastic energy density is expanded as invariant polynomial in the components of the contortion tensor. Surface energy terms are derived from compatibility conditions for the tripod field. The model is applied to cholesteric liquid crystals of large and small pitch, to 3He-A, and to biaxial nematic liquid crystals. J. Phys...

We consider a one-dimensional elastic string as a set of massless beads interacting through springs characterized by anisotropic elastic constants. The string, driven by an external force, moves in a medium with quenched disorder. We find that longitudinal fluctuations lead to nonlinear behavior in the equation of motion that is kinematically generated by the motion of the string. The strength ...

In this work, we consider the problem of reconstructing a small anomaly in a viscoelastic medium from waveeld measurements. We choose Szabo's model to describe the viscoelastic properties of the medium. Expressing the ideal elastic eld without any viscous e ect in terms of the measured eld in a viscous medium, we generalize the imaging procedures, such as time reversal, Kirchho Imaging and Back...

The theoretical foundation of a variant on effective medium theories for elastic constants of composites is presented and discussed. The connection between this approach and the methods of Zeller and Dederichs, Korringa, and Gubernatis and Krumhansl is elucidated. A review of the known relationships between the various effective medium theories and rigorous bounding methods for elastic constant...

The effect of magnetic field on torsional waves propagating in non-homogeneous viscoelastic cylindrically aeolotropic material is discussed. The elastic constants and non-homogeneity in viscoelastic medium in terms of density and elastic constant is taken. The frequency equations have been derived in the form of a determinant involving Bessel functions. Dispersion equation in each case has been...

in this study, thermo-mechanical nonlinear vibration of a polyethylene (pe) cylindrical shell embedded in an elastic foundation was investigated. the shell is reinforced by armchair carbon nanotubes (cnts) where characteristics of the equivalent composite being determined using mori-tanaka model. the elastic medium is simulated using the spring constant of the winkler-type,  . employing nonline...

A thin elastic rod embedded in an elastic medium buckles into an exponentially decaying short wavelength profile under compressive loading beyond a critical value. In this study, we report a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the buckling profile of a thin elastic rod embedded in an elastic gelatin biopolymer network when fracture of the network happens. Prior models have pr...